Question

I use iReport to create reports, and I would like to know if there is a way to set the width of “optically grouped fields”. They should be set to the minimal size that still displays longest text. I have Static Text on left side and Text Field right of them. This Text Fields are set to the width 150 and alignment to right, but I’d like to set smaller size to wipe out white spaces.

Consider some thing like this

   Name:            Paul
Surname:         Smither  

And want automatically to

   Name:    Paul
Surname: Smither 

etc. can be smaller then preset size but no bigger.

Is there a way?? even some component

Answer 1

You cannot change the element width dynamically without using Java frameworks.

The quote from JasperReports Ultimate Guide:

ELEMENT SIZE

The width and height attributes are mandatory and represent the size
of the report element measured in pixels. Other element stretching
settings may instruct the reporting engine to ignore the specified
element height. Even in this case, the attributes remain mandatory
since even when the height is calculated dynamically, the element will
not be smaller than the originally specified height.

You can read this article for better understanding the mechanism of changing the element size.